Indianapolis Region
Manufacturing Employment & Wages Employment and Wages for Selected Manufacturing Occupations Number of Employees*
Occupation Title
Hourly Wage** Entry*** Median
Engineers Operating engineers/other construction equipment operators Industrial engineers Mechanical engineers Electrical engineers Materials engineers Chemical engineers Aerospace engineers Electronics engineers, except computer Health and safety engineers Engineers, all other
Total Engineers
3,290 2,930 3,220 1,310 600 NA 240 720 110 1,180
$16.21 $24.19 $24.62 $25.71 $25.56 NA $28.55 $30.38 $23.74 $26.12
$28.82 $33.73 $35.97 $39.58 $39.39 NA $41.93 $41.43 $32.53 $39.55
13,600+
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820 760 430 110 310
$17.34 $15.94 $16.13 $24.67 $15.44
$28.47 $22.53 $27.54 $35.42 $26.68
2,430+
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Engineering Technicians Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Industrial engineering technicians Mechanical engineering technicians Aerospace engineering & operations technicians Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
Total Engineering Technicians
Machinists Machinists Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
The 9-county Indianapolis Region includes Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. Last updated 9/22/2014
3,820
$11.85
$19.00
2,590
$10.40
$15.61
1,610
$11.50
$15.96
880
$10.29
$15.83
2,600
$10.36
$15.09
390
$9.81
$15.41
440
$8.83
$16.43
450
$10.67
$14.74
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Indianapolis Region
Manufacturing Employment & Wages (continued) Occupation Title
Number of Employees*
Hourly Wage** Entry*** Median
Machinists (continued) Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic
Total Machinists
410
$11.72
$16.50
380
$10.88
$14.65
370
NA
NA
90
$12.85
$17.42
440
$12.36
$16.52
420
$15.67
$21.06
14,890+
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10,870 1,480 80 6,240 3,630 2,060 540 16,300
$10.57 $8.49 $15.62 $9.74 $8.48 $27.63 $11.51 $8.91
$14.90 $12.79 $22.56 $15.87 $12.70 $40.74 $18.09 $12.51
41,200+
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690 380 110 140
$16.76 $13.11 $15.39 $13.75
$26.82 $20.98 $22.07 $23.03
1,320+
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6,720
$15.88
$25.97
Other Skilled Production Workers Industrial truck and tractor operators Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging & systems assemblers Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Industrial production managers Maintenance workers, machinery Team Assemblers
Total Other Skilled Production Workers
Drafters/Designers Mechanical drafters Commercial and industrial designers Drafters, all other Electrical and electronics drafters
Total Drafters/Designers Supervisors First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
*Employment data are for the Indianapolis-Carmel, Anderson, Bloomington, Columbus, Kokomo, Lafayette and Muncie MSAs. **Wage data are for the Indianapolis-Carmel MSA. th ***Entry wages = wages in the lower 10 percentile. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES, May 2013
The 9-county Indianapolis Region includes Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties. Last updated 9/22/2014
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